For Most Americans, the Judge Is the Symbol of Justice

question 48

Multiple Choice

For most Americans, the judge is the symbol of justice. Of all the actors in the criminal justice process, the public holds the judge most responsible for ensuring that the system operates fairly and impartially. And most certainly the trappings of office—the flowing black robes, the gavel, and the command “All rise!” when the judge enters the courtroom—reinforce this mystique. As important as these symbols are, they sometimes raise obstacles to understanding what judges actually do and how they influence the criminal justice process.

-The formal powers of judges extend

• A)throughout the criminal court process
• B)from arrest throughout the criminal court process
• C)from the time an offenders commits a crime to prison.
• D)None of these answers is correct

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Single Plantwide Factory Overhead Rate

A single rate used to allocate factory overhead costs to products, calculated by dividing total overhead costs by a base, usually total direct labor hours or machine hours.

Direct Labor Hours

The total hours worked by employees that can be directly associated with the production of goods or services.

Single Plantwide Overhead Rate

A cost allocation method that applies the same overhead rate to all products, regardless of the department where they were produced or the amount of overhead they actually incurred.

Machine Hours

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